Gwenole Beauchesne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > > ----------------(beginning of error messages)------------ > > error in exec of Stage 2 :-( > > trying to execute '/usr/bin/runinstall2' from the installation volume > > the following fatal error occurred > > FATAL ERROR IN STAGE1: I/O error > > > > I can't recover from this. > > you may reboot your system. > > -----------(end of error messages)------------- > > Do you have more information on the 3rd or so console (Alt-F3)? > Is this specific to Mandrake Linux in both 32-bit & 64-bit > versions?
And on console 4 (Alt-F4), kernel messages might explain the origin of the IO error, might have problems with CDROM reading. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/